Breathing

[frue13]

I am trying to quit the meds (buspar and ativan) and was wondering  does the breathing help with dizziness and nervousness in the stomach.  The anxiety that I have exspierenced has not been a racing heart all the time.  I t generally starts in the belly then I become dizzy.  Horrible fealing by the way.
Back to the original question does the breathing help with this?  I usually dont have many attacks anymore but had one out of the blue on sat.  I told myself I was going to be fine but it still came on anyway.  My heart did not race during this period.  The funny thing was I was working fine then pow it come on l;ike a ton of bricks.  I try to do a few minutes of breathing an hour to keep my body from becoming stressed.  I know it calms a racing heart but I didnt know about the rest of the anxiety issues.
Any in put would be awesome.

[cj29]

Breathing exercises can and do help in my opinion, but that is what is so nasty about anxiety attacks in my opinion; what you describe is exactly how I picture panic attacks when they come out of nowhere. First of all, just ensure you do not stop your medication cold turkey; do it under the advice of your doctor.  Second, have you had any talk therapy to learn about your anxiety/panic?  For me, gaining the long term knowledge to confront this is VERY valuable and essential to not only dealing with this, but actually thriving with it...keep us posted!

[frue13]

I just started a therapist.Its funny I am in the middle of one right now. popped out of nowhere.  again no racing heart.  Just feals like I am uneasy in my stomach and a bit of dizzyness.  These are horrible. I am going to try breathing to see if it will go away.  I used to be so vibrant and strong now it seems I am lurking around waiting for a panic attack.  

I read the book panic away (6 times)  I would love to try the one move tecjnique but I do not want anymore pvcs.  Thanks for the post I am off to breath my way through..